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the same time it jerks the tail nervously up and down just as a Spotted 
Sandpiper does, accompanying these movements by a bobbing of its 
head in every direction. My guides said that the small heaps of snail- 
shells quite often found upon the forest-floor were made by this bird 
which feeds almost entirely upon the snails, The species is so rare 
and local that I was unable to verify this assertion. 
The Mongoose, now found in every part of the island, has almost 
exterminated it. The greater part of my time on the island was 
spent in the deep woods where only a few were found. If one moves 
very quietly to a suitable place for “squeaking” this bird may be 
easily induced to come within gunshot, but I have never heard it 
utter any answering call except and only rarely a low guttural sound. 
The coloration and actions of this bird are in keeping with its environ- 
ment. Its uniform dark plumage makes it invisible among the dark, 
decaying leaves of the forest-floor, while its silent flitting to and fro 
are in harmony with the great hush of a tropical jungle. The peculiar 
trembling habit is probably some sort of a warning motion, but during 
this action the bird is not very unlike a bunch of dried leaves shaking 
in the wind. 
44. CICHLHERMINIA HERMINIERI (Lafresnaye). 
Cichlherminia coryi Ridgway. 
Grive A Pieds Jaunes. 
Twenty-four specimens from the region about Ste. Rose and Goyave 
taken during the latter part of July and August. 
This series of specimens together with Lafresnaye’s and Ridgway’s 
types make it clear that Cichlherminia coryi Ridgway (Smiths. misc. 
coll., 1904, 47, p. 112) is the adult of Cichlherminia herminieri (Lafr.). 
These specimens show a gradual change from one to the other kind 
of plumage, a change which is undoubtedly one of age. Lafresnaye’s 
original labels for the types of these two species show that all the 
birds came from Guadeloupe. The specimens were sent to Lafresnaye 
by Dr. F. L’Herminier in 1844, and are now together with their 
original labels in the M. C. Z. ; 
Ober (Proc. U. S. N. M., 1878, 1, p. 452) in his field-notes on this 
bird writes: — 
“A resident of the wooded hills and mountains; found in Dominica 
